Ishant Sharma eyes fourth pacer's slot in India's World Cup squad

[Rightarmfast]

20 minutes ago, Shaz1 said:

Mashallah Subanallah

 

Thanks to Almighty Allah our youngsta beauty Afridi is still ready to serve his country.

 

I remember when he first came out he was seen as this tearaway bowler who was gonna change Indian cricket for good. Little did he know there were better bowlers yet to come. If you look at him now he is no where near the level of the current crop. It feels like he has been here forever. His impact feels very minimal. He should be leading the attack but the guy is clearly not good enough to do that in ODI’s.

He did not live up to the expectations but what he did was bring indian fast bowling in the limelight and that Indians were able to bowl 150+. Look at it as a transition phase. Post him came Umesh and Aron who were legit express pace bowlers. 

He has worked hard offlate and his record in test is not bad.

[vvvslaxman]

7 minutes ago, Rightarmfast said:

He did not live up to the expectations but what he did was bring indian fast bowling in the limelight and that Indians were able to bowl 150+. Look at it as a transition phase. Post him came Umesh and Aron who were legit express pace bowlers. 

He has worked hard offlate and his record in test is not bad.

His current form is not that bad. Complementing Bumrah/Shami very well. INfact he bowled in the IPL after a very long time.

[vvvslaxman]

One reason Ishant survives more than others is he is one of the very injury free bowlers going around. He is a bit like Agarkar who rarely got injured in his career. 

 

Since the day Ishant made debut 

 

Peformance of Indian fast bowlers. As you can see he hardly had any competition. Look at the Kumars, Nehras, Pathans. Ishant sharma has a strike rate that is only bettered by Bumrah and Shami.  Also his average is better than Zak, Kumar, Nehra, Sreesanth etc.  He was a bit like Agarkar. Can look mediocre at times. But he was taking wickets.

 

 

[Vijy]

1 hour ago, vvvslaxman said:

One reason Ishant survives more than others is he is one of the very injury free bowlers going around. He is a bit like Agarkar who rarely got injured in his career. 

 

Since the day Ishant made debut 

 

Peformance of Indian fast bowlers. As you can see he hardly had any competition. Look at the Kumars, Nehras, Pathans. Ishant sharma has a strike rate that is only bettered by Bumrah and Shami.  Also his average is better than Zak, Kumar, Nehra, Sreesanth etc.  He was a bit like Agarkar. Can look mediocre at times. But he was taking wickets.

 

 

the second best bowler on the list, along expected lines, is the fearsome STR Binny - Destroyer of Banglas.

[vvvslaxman]

56 minutes ago, Vijy said:

the second best bowler on the list, along expected lines, is the fearsome STR Binny - Destroyer of Banglas.

probably would have suited for English conditions as his dad was the highest wicket taker in 1983 world cup.

[Vijy]

6 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

probably would have suited for English conditions as his dad was the highest wicket taker in 1983 world cup.

these pitches were v. different from 1983. the current pitches were not absolute roads, but they were mostly batting friendly. high pace (> 140) was a must in this WC if one looks at most of top wkt takers. someone like binny sr or jr would be taken to the cleaners.